Category: Maemo

Video: Nokia N9 Screen Repair – Replace Display LCD (AMOLED) + Touch

Video: Nokia N9 Screen Repair – Replace Display LCD (AMOLED) + Touch

| May 23, 2012 | 8 Replies

Another video for you N9 owners looking to do some DIY fixing for your Nokia N9. This time, it’s about changing the screen. This would void your warranty and you may break your device so attempt at your own risk. This is not advised, but if ever you would need some help on how to [...]

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Video: 22 minute Nokia N9 Disassembly & Assembly – Case Replacement!

Video: 22 minute Nokia N9 Disassembly & Assembly – Case Replacement!

| May 22, 2012 | 29 Replies

Wahey! Got a short break after today’s exam and my next appointment and noticed something you guys will enjoy. Some of our readers have been requesting a detailed disassembly of the Nokia N9. Many were hoping it would be conducted by  by LE55ONS as we’ve seen plenty of his very helpful tear downs and rebuilds. Check it out [...]

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N9Appdate: Home Screen Settings (V 1.5.1) – More Wallpaper Features

N9Appdate: Home Screen Settings (V 1.5.1) – More Wallpaper Features

| May 16, 2012 | 61 Replies

I know, the name is pathetic. If you have a better idea, let me know. Anyway, so I’ve brought to your attention an app called Home Screen Settings. It is truly the greatest home screen hacking tool out! Currently, it can; Unlock/Lock devices orientation Remove the weather widget from events view Show only white text [...]

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N9Apps: Easy Answer

N9Apps: Easy Answer

| May 15, 2012 | 25 Replies

Its been way too long since my last N9Apps post. I am going to try to do at least one a week. Now today’s app is called Easy Answer. It’s another one of those apps that just makes the N9 easier to use. What does it do? It runs in the background (if enabled) to [...]

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GSMArena: RIM’S BB10 OS screenshots…Nokia N9′s Swipe UI?

GSMArena: RIM’S BB10 OS screenshots…Nokia N9′s Swipe UI?

| May 7, 2012 | 130 Replies

Over at GSM Arena, they’re looking at the new BB10 screenshots and reckon it looks like the N9 Swipe UI. It kinda looks like Samsung tried to touchwiz-up Swipe UI :/ By the looks of it the new OS looks and behaves very much like the Swipe UI found on the MeeGo-running Nokia N9. Here [...]

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Vanjoki: Nokia N9 and open source the best

Vanjoki: Nokia N9 and open source the best

| May 6, 2012 | 218 Replies

Hero to many Nokia fans, Anssi Vanjoki who left Nokia after not being given the job as CEO was interviewed posted at tietoviikko.fi. The translator as usual mangled the Finnish translation (well any translation to English really) but the gist I got was that he’s still extremely happy with the N9, calling it the best he’s [...]

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Video: Work in progress voice calls for Nitdroid ICS Nokia N9

Video: Work in progress voice calls for Nitdroid ICS Nokia N9

| May 5, 2012 | 4 Replies

Another update to the Nitdroid ICS project for N9, this time getting initial voice calls. As the title of the video says, this is a work in progress. Short demo of today’s achivements. Voice calls — WIP; no microphone yet. by drunkdebugger

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Project N955 – Turn your N9 into an N950, sort of (w/ Video)

Project N955 – Turn your N9 into an N950, sort of (w/ Video)

Just saw this on TMO during a Uni break. There is this thing called Project N955. The aim of the project is to turn an N9 into an N950. It isn’t the most elegant, or perfect solution, but it works. HtheB posted his process as follows; I bought a cheap iPhone bluetooth slide-case, and a [...]

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Firefox 12 for Nokia N9 available at Nokia Store

Firefox 12 for Nokia N9 available at Nokia Store

| April 30, 2012 | 24 Replies

Apologies that I missed this the first time around when it was shared a couple of days ago. My schedule is getting rather busy all over again. Anyway, as you can see from incognito’s screenshot, he now has FireFox mobile 12 on his Nokia N9. Timo says this is available at Nokia Store and incognito [...]

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Nitroid for N9 updated: Alpha release #3

Nitroid for N9 updated: Alpha release #3

| April 30, 2012 | 11 Replies

There’s an update to Nitdroid for Nokia N9. Quite a lot of things shifted to the ‘working’ section since I was last looking at the project. Working: – based on Android Open-Source Project (AOSP) v 4.0.4_r1.2 (IMM76I) – Google Applications (GApps), PlayStore (Android Market) – dualboot kernel (without reflashing), ability to choose OS after power [...]

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Rumours: Nokia N9 PR1.3 to bring a lot of surprises to the system, due before start of June.

Rumours: Nokia N9 PR1.3 to bring a lot of surprises to the system, due before start of June.

| April 28, 2012 | 99 Replies

  Take this with a pinch of salt as it’s just a rumour. However, it’s not exactly far fetched. http://bestmeego.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/pr-13-nokia-n9.html It is mentioned that the Nokia N9 may get a new update before the end of June – PR1.3 with a lot of surprises to the system. A Nokia official did previously hint this would [...]

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Video: Nokia N9 and Indoor positioning with ‘White Spaces’ from Nokia Research Centre

Video: Nokia N9 and Indoor positioning with ‘White Spaces’ from Nokia Research Centre

| April 28, 2012 | 15 Replies

Here’s a video from Nokia demonstrating a 3 year project in the Imperial War Museum, Cambridge. This project uses something called TV ‘white spaces’ for indoor positioning. This particular technology is not yet ready to go mobile, as you need a small suitcase for the radio. However, there are many other possible implementations for indoor [...]

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Nokia Public Transport Beta for Nokia N9 available at Beta Labs

Nokia Public Transport Beta for Nokia N9 available at Beta Labs

| April 27, 2012 | 31 Replies

Nokia Public Transport Beta is now available for the Nokia N9. Seems to be a pretty cool app, though not something I’ve tried either on N9 or any other phone yet. https://betalabs.nokia.com/apps/nokia-public-transport-for-nokia-n9 Beta labs info Commute with confidence. Put detailed local public transport information at your fingertips for 460 cities in 46 countries. With just [...]

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Reader Generated: Nokia N9 overclocking at near 1.4Ghz :)!!! – part 1

Reader Generated: Nokia N9 overclocking at near 1.4Ghz :)!!! – part 1

| April 27, 2012 | 31 Replies

lmiked shared these screenshots with us detailing experiences with overclocking the N9. It’s in two parts as this was mailed directly from the N9 and apparently there was a 5MB limit.  1350MHz seems to be the sweet spot, stable and fast. Anything above might cause problems. Note, overclock at your own risk. It is not [...]

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Video: Pictoplasma Portrait by Nokia (N9 wallpapers in Art Gallery)

Video: Pictoplasma Portrait by Nokia (N9 wallpapers in Art Gallery)

| April 26, 2012 | 15 Replies

  Do you remember those funky wallpapers for the Nokia N9 as seen in the brandbook? http://brandbook.nokia.com/blog/view/item66127 You can see those artwork at the exhibition, filmed below. The middle one is my current wallpaper. I’d love that as a print/poster. You can actually find a high resolution version here: http://www.genevievegauckler.com/Smartphone-wallpaper    During 2011 we had [...]

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Nokia N9 wins Design and Art Direction award; coveted Yellow Pencil for interactive design.

Nokia N9 wins Design and Art Direction award; coveted Yellow Pencil for interactive design.

| April 25, 2012 | 89 Replies

The Nokia N9 has achieved a Design and Art Direction award. It was actually nominated in two categories,  recognised in product design and interactive design for products. The first category was actually won by a swanky chair. The second category, the N9 wins the coveted ‘yellow pencil’ which are ‘recognised the world over as a symbol [...]

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N9 Apps: Spotify demoed on the Nokia N9

N9 Apps: Spotify demoed on the Nokia N9

| April 21, 2012 | 49 Replies

  Here is Spotify demoed on the Nokia N9. I recorded this two days ago during my lunch break, just after recording the Lumia version. It wasn’t planned but I thought I needed to give it another go. This means that it was the first time I had used the N9 version. It’s only posted [...]

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Actual Robot with Nokia N900 as a head.

Actual Robot with Nokia N900 as a head.

| April 21, 2012 | 22 Replies

This bag of awesome was originally produced early last year, according to the forum date, but it just made its way to TMO today. Back when the N900 was new, it was the end all and be all of a hackable phones. Every day it would surprise you with the creativity of its users. Years [...]

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Nokia N9 campaign in Uruguay

Nokia N9 campaign in Uruguay

| April 21, 2012 | 36 Replies

Antel, the most important telephony company in Uruguay, is launching a new campaign for the Nokia N9. Felt strange to see such large ads everywhere starring the N9. =D By the way, the phone is U$S700, or 12 x ~U$S 60, with a 24 month U$S29 plan. Shot with my faithful N82 =D (still on service) [...]

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Inception tools updated to v0.1.1; works with new dev tools and other bug fixes:

Inception tools updated to v0.1.1; works with new dev tools and other bug fixes:

| April 17, 2012 | 9 Replies

The Inception Tool for deeper access into the Nokia N9 has apparently been updated? Sorry I can’t look into this right now, just under a lot of work at the moment.   http://www.meegoexperts.com/2012/04/inception-v0-1-1-released-works-developer-tools-update-1-480m6/ Thanks Prashant for the tip.

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Word Tiles – Words With Friends for Symbian and MeeGo

Word Tiles – Words With Friends for Symbian and MeeGo

| April 17, 2012 | 21 Replies

  We were contacted by a developer yesterday named Kimble Young who wanted to share his app – a game for Symbian and MeeGo called Word Tiles – an equivalent to Words with Friends. Scrabble if you will. Word Tiles Price: Free Link: http://store.ovi.com/content/257776 He asked if we wanted to know any more so we asked [...]

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